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. 2019 Jul 31;9:11122. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46946-7

Table 4.

Effect of E. supra-axillaris extract on Brewer’s yeast induced pyrexia in mice.

Sample Rectal temperature 18 h after yeast injection Rectal temperature recorded following different treatments
3 min 1 h 2 h 3 h 24 h
Control 38.2 ± 0.24 38.4 ± 0.13 38.4 ± 0.12 39 ± 0.23 38.8 ± 0.31 38.2 ± 0.16
Extract (200 mg/kg) 38.2 ± 0.27 37.8 ± 0.26 37.1 ± 0.35* 37 ± 0.27* 37 ± 0.25* 35.8 ± 0.1*
Extract (400 mg/kg) 38.5 ± 0.34 38 ± 0.38 36.9 ± 0.59* 36.9 ± 0.4* 37 ± 0.38* 36.3 ± 0.19*
Paracetamol (150 mg/kg) 38.5 ± 0.22 38.1 ± 0.2 37.5 ± 0.3 37 ± 0.3* 37 ± 0.24* 36.3 ± 0.24*

Each value represents the mean ± S.E.M (n = 5), *p < 0.001 vs. control valuesusing Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey post hoc test.